Biographical Summary

W. Lee Hansen is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds an undergraduate degree in International Relations from the UW-Madison (1950), a Master’s degree in Economics from the UW-Madison, and a Ph.D. in Political Economy from the Johns Hopkins University (1958).

He taught at the University of California-Los Angeles prior to joining the Wisconsin faculty in 1965. In 1964-65 he served as Senior Staff Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He has also been a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Economy at the University of Chicago, a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, a Fullbright Scholar at the University of Sydney (Australia), an Academic Visitor at the London School of Economics, a Visiting Professor at the University of Western Australia, and a Visitor at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands). While at UW-Madison, he has served Chairman of the Economics Department (1971-74) and Director of Industrial Relations Research Institute (1983-87) plus a wide array of institutional committees.

Hansen has received numerous awards, including election to Phi Beta Kappa, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award. He has been honored at the UW-Madison with an AMOCO Distinguished Teaching Award, the Hilldale Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement at UW-Madison, and election in 1994 to the newly established Teaching Academy whose purpose is to improve instruction at UW-Madison.

He has also been recognized for his extensive work in economic education, including the James Taylor Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics from the Wisconsin Council on Economic Education, the Distinguished Service Award in Economic Education from the National Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic Educators, the Distinguished Educator award for “creativity, enterprise, and achievement in entrepreneurship and free enterprise education” from the National Federation of Independent Business Foundation, the Marvin Bower Award from the National Council on Economic Education for his “distinction in the field of economic education,” the Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, and most recently the Henry H. Villard Research Award.

Hansen has published more than 150 papers on topics in labor economics, the economics of education, and economic education. He is the author or editor of ten books, the most recent of which are Discussing Economics (2005) and Academic Freedom on “Trial:” 100 Years of Sifting and Winnowing at the University of Wisconsin (1998). From 1981-85 he edited the Journal of Human Resources. He has served on a variety of committees for the National Science Foundation, National Research Council, American Association of University of Professors, and American Economic Association. He also served for many years on the Board of Directors of the National Council on Economic Education, and as its Secretary from 1996-2000.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Born: 8 November 1928
Married, two children
Military Service: U.S. Army, 1951-1953

EDUCATION:

A.B., University of Wisconsin (International Relations), 1950
M.A., University of Wisconsin (Economics), 1955
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University (Political Economy), 1958

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Assistant in Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1954-1955
Instructor in Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1955-1956
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1958-1963, Associate Professor, 1963-1965
Senior Staff Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-1965
Associate Professor of Economics and of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1965-1966; Participating Faculty Member, Industrial Relations Research Institute, 1965-2005
Professor of Economics and of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1998; Senior Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, 1966-2004
Hill Family Foundation Visiting Professor of Economics and Education, University of Minnesota, Winter Quarter 1975
Academic Visitor, The London School of Economics, Fall 1982
Visiting Academic Specialist, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, May-June 1984
Visiting Professor, University of Sydney, Australia, March-May, 1988
Professor Emeritus, March 1996-
Academic Staff, March 1996-June 1998
Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia, September 1998

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma
University Scholarship, and Special Scholarship in Political Economy, The Johns Hopkins University, 1955-1956
Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 1956-1957
Economics Research Fellowship, The Brookings Institution, 1957-1958
President’s Summer University Faculty Fellowship, University of California, 1960
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Economics, University of Chicago, 1961-1962
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1969-1970
AMOCO Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982
James A. Taylor Award for Excellence in Teaching Economics, Wisconsin State Council on Economic Education, 1983
President, Midwest Economics Association, 1986-87
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award for Australia, 1988
Hilldale Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
Distinguished Service Award in Economic Education, National Council on Economic Education,
and National Association of Economic Educators, 1991
Outstanding Educator Award, National Federation of Independent Business Foundation, 1992
Teaching Academy Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Honors Program Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Panhellenic Council Professor Appreciation Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Marvin Bower Award, National Council on Economic Education, Board of Trustees, 1994
Leavey Award, Freedoms Foundation, 1996
Society of Economic Educators, 1998
Henry H. Villard Research Award, National Council on Economic Education and National Association of Economic Educators, 2000

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:

Editor, Journal of Human Resources, 1981-85
Board of Editors, Journal of Human Resources, 1966-81; Advisory Board, 1985-1992
Associate Editor, Comparative Education Review, 1970-78
Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Education, 1976-
Editorial Board, Economics of Education Review, 1979-2004
Editorial Board, The Senior Economist, 1984-96
Editorial Board, Liberal Education, 1986-90
Advisory Board, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1987-1996
Editorial Board, L&S Magazine, 1988-92
Referees for a variety of journals in economics, industrial relations, sociology, education, etc. and for various foundations, government agencies, and university presses.

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Member, Committee on Urban Human Resources, Resources for the Future, 1963-66
Member, Military Draft Study Group, U.S. Department of Defense, 1964-65
United States Delegate, World Population Conference, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1965
Member, Committee to Develop State of Wisconsin Economic Indicators, Department of Industry,
State of Wisconsin, 1965-67
Assisted, Commission on Human Resources and Advanced Education, National Academy of Science, 1965-68
Consultant, Joint Committee on Higher Education, State of California, 1967
Member, Executive Committee, Conference on Research on Income and Wealth, 1968-71, Chairman of Nominating Committee, 1972
Assisted, Governor’s Commission on Education, State of Wisconsin, 1969-71
Member, Financial Aid Study Panel, College Scholarship Service, 1969-71
Member, Committee on the Structure of the Economics Profession, American Economic Association, 1971-72
Member, Office of Research Advisory Committee, American Council on Education, 1972-73
Member, Committee on Economics and Financing of Education, National Academy of Educa ­tion, 1972-73
Member, Committee for Program to Improve College Teaching in Economics, under auspices of American Economic Association’s, Committee on Economic Education, and Joint Council on Economic Education, 1972-78
Chair, Committee on Economic Education, American Economic Association, 1983-88; Acting Chairman, 1978-79; Member, 1976-88
Member, Board of Trustees, National Council on Economic Education, 1976-2000; and Member, Executive
Commit ­tee, 1983-2000; Secretary 1996-2000; Search Committee, 1988; Program Committee, 1983-2000
Member, Special Committee on Impact of Change in Mandatory Retirement, American Association of University Professors, 1977-78
Member, Committee to Revise Statement on Principles of Academic Retirement and Insurance Plans, American Association of University Professors, 1978-79
President, Wisconsin Economic Association, 1977-79; Vice-President 1975-77; Executive Committee 1975-81
Member, Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, 1977-86
Member, Advisory Committee for Policy Research and Analysis and Science Resources, National Science Foundation, 1978-84
Chair, Committee Z on the Economics Status of the Profession, American Association of University Professors, 1979-86, Member of Committee Z, 1977-1986, also 1996-; Consultant (unpaid) to Committee Z, 1986-95; Committee Member 1995-
Member, American Association of University Professors, 1963-; National Council, 1980-82; Executive Committee, 1980-82
Member, Economic Institute Advisory Board, sponsored by the American Economic Association, 1981-88
Member, National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance, 1985-88
President, Midwest Economics Association, 1986-87; President-elect, 1985-86; Nominating Committee, 1991, 1994
Member, Committee on Retirement Issues, American Association of University Professors, 1985-93
Member, National Commission on Social Studies (representing the American Economic Association), 1986-90
Member, Committee on Labor Market Adjustments, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council, 1987-88
Member, Economics Task Force for Study of the Undergraduate Major, Association of American Colleges and American Economic Association, 1988-91
Executive Secretary, Commission on Graduate Education in Economics, American Economic Association, 1988-91
Member, Committee on GRE Writing Measure, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, 1993-
Member, Steering Committee on Goals 2000 National Standards in Economics, National Council on
Economic Education, 1995-97
Secretary, Board of Directors, National Council on Economic Education, 1996-2000; Chair and Member of various Board Committees
Society of Economic Educators, Member 1998-, Vice President and Program Chairman 2000-2001;
President 2001-2002
Member, Board of Founders, National Council on Economic Education, 2000-present

MAJOR UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES:

Chair, Graduate Admissions and Aid Committee, Department of Economics, 1966-69, 1994-95
Director, National Institute of Public Affairs Training Program, Department of Econo ­mics, 1966-67
University Residence Halls Committee, 1966-69
University Graduate Fellowship Committee, 1967-69
President, Alpha of Wisconsin Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, Madison Campus, 1973-74; Vice-President 1972-73; and Executive Committee 1969-74
Student Financial Aids Committee, 1970-74
Chair, Department of Economics, 1971-74
Graduate School Distinguished TA Award Committee, 1971-79
University Press Committee, 1973-74
Chair, Committee on Prizes and Awards, Department of Economics, 1974-79, 1980-82, 1992-93
Undergraduate Education Committee, Madison Campus, 1975-78; Chairman, Task Group on Student Writing Skills, 1975-76; Member, Task Group on Remedial Education, 1976-78
Director, Sloan Foundation Graduate Research Training Program, 1975-80
Academic Planning Committee, College of Letters and Science, 1976-77
Chancellor’s Committee on Improving Student Writing Skills, 1976-77
Director, National Institute of Mental Health Training Program, 1976-83; Participating Faculty Member, 1969-98
H.B. Earhart Fellowship Program Sponsor, 1976-90
Co-Director, Employment and Training Institute, University of Wisconsin System, 1978-87
President, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society, Madison Campus, 1983-84; Vice-President, 1981-82; Secretary-Treasurer, 1980-81; Executive Board, 1979-85
Honors Program Committee, College of Letters and Science, 1981-85
Undergraduate Chairman, Department of Economics, 1981-82, 1983-86, 1987-88
Chair, Social Science Building Reference Library Committee, 1985-96
Chair, Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits, 1985-86; Member 1983-87
Director, Industrial Relations Research Institute, 1983-87
Executive Committee, LaFollette Institute for Public Affairs, 1983-85
Chancellor’s Committee to Review the School of Business, 1986-88
Member, Faculty Senate, various earlier periods, and 1988-92; Alternate 1992-93
Member, Graduate School Administrative Committee, and various subcommittees, 1988-92
Member, Committee on Undergraduate Education, and its Advising Subcommittee, 1989-90
Co-Chair, Biennial Advisory Group on Compensation for Faculty and Academic Staff,
University of Wisconsin System, 1990
Chair, Graduate Committee, Department of Economics 1990-91
Member, Committee on Women in the University, 1992-93
Member, University Committee-PROFS Task Force on Faculty and Academic Staff Compensation, 1992
Member, Honorary Degree Committee, 1992-95
Member, Committee on Undergraduate Education, Madison Campus, and Chair of its Subcommittee on Composition/Communication, 1992-94
Chair, Academic Freedom Conference Committee, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Board of Regent’s “sifting and winnowing” statement on academic freedom, 1993-95
Fellow, Teaching Academy (elected), 1994-97
Fellow, Honors Program, College of Letters and Science, 1994-96
Chair, Graduate Admissions and Aid Committee, Department of Economics, 1994-95
Chair, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Economics, 1994-95
Member, Graduate Training in Scientific Ethics Committee, Graduate School, 1994-98
Member, Classroom Remodeling Project Committee, UW-Madison, 1996-97
Various Committees and Subcommittees of Department of Economics, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Institute for Research on Poverty, Industrial Relations Research Institute, Wiscon ­sin Center for Education Research, Voca ­tional Education Center of School of Educa ­tion, LaFollette Institute for Public Policy, College of Letters and Science ­, University Committee, Graduate School Administrative Committee, and Faculty Senate.
Member, Committee on Academic Freedom and Rights, 1996-
Member, UW-Madison Retirement Association, 1999-
Chair, Academic Freedom Conference Committee, “Academic Freedom: Rights, Responsibilities, and Challenges,” UW-Madison, February 22-23, 2001.

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS:

Markets for California Products: An Analysis of the Sources of Demand, with Charles M. Tiebout and R. Thayne Robson (Sacramento: State of California, 1961), 70 pp.

Benefits, Costs and Finance of Public Higher Education with Burton A. Weisbrod, (Chicago: Markham, 1969), 114 pp.

Education, Income and Human Capital, editor, Volume 35, Studies in Income and Wealth (New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1970), 325 pp. Author of editor’s Introduction.

The Labor Market for Scientists and Engineers, with Glen G. Cain and Richard B. Freeman (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973), 88 pp.

Perspectives on Economic Education: Conference Proceedings, co-editor with Donald R. Wentworth and Sharryl Hawke (New York: National Council on Economic Education, 1977), 316 pp. Coauthor of Conference Overview and author of one paper.

Basic Concepts in Economics: A Framework for Teaching Economics in the Nation’s Schools, coauthor with G.L. Bach, James D. Calderwood, and Phillip Saunders (New York: National Council on Economic Education, 1977), 52 pp.

Resource Manual for Teacher Training Programs in Economics, coeditor with Phillip Saunders and Arthur L. Welsh (New York: National Council on Economic Educati ­on, 1978), 438 pp. Coauthor of Chapters 1 and 2; author of chapters 6, 10, 12, and 13.

A Framework for Teaching Basic Economic Concepts, co-author with Phillip Saunders, G. L. Bach, James D. Calderwood, and Herbert Stein (New York: National Council on Economic Education, 1984, 1993), 71 pp.

The End of Mandatory Retirement: Effects on Higher Education, with Karen C. Holden (co-editor), (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishing Company, 1989), 116 pp. Coauthor of Editors’ Notes and coauthor of chapters 3 and 6.

Unemployment Insurance: The Second Half-Century, with James F. Byers (co-editor), LaFollette Public Policy Series, (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990), 480 pages. Author of Preface, pp. xiii-xv; and Introduction, pp. 3-15. Coauthor of one paper.

Academic Freedom on Trial: 100 Years of Sifting and Winnowing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Publications, 1998). Author of “Introduction,” pp. 1-17.

Discussing Economics: A Classroom Guide to Preparing Discussion Questions and Leading Discussion , with Michael K. Salemi (Cheltenham, Glos. UK, 2005), 318 pages.

ARTICLES AND COMMENTS

1955-59

“Index of Seasonal Variations in Unemployment,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 37 (August 1955), p. 278-281.
“A Note on the Cost of Children’s Mortality,” Journal of Political Economy, 65 (June 1957), pp. 257-262.
“Il ‘costo’ della mortalita dei fanciulli,” Mercurio, 2 (June 1959), pp. 37-41.

1960-64

“Trends in Interoccupational Movement, 1910-1950,” Population Index, 26 (July 1960), pp. 208-209, abstract.
“The Cyclical Sensitivity of the Labor Supply,” American Economic Review, 51 (June 1961), pp. 251-256.
“The ‘Shortage’ of Engineers,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 43 (August 1961), pp. 251-256.
“Education Plans and Teacher Supply,” Comparative Education Review, 6 (October 1962), pp. 136-141.
“Total and Private Rates of Return to Investment in Schooling,” Journal of Political Economy, 71 (April 1963), pp. 128-140.
“Professional Engineers: Salary Structure Problems,” Industrial Relations, 2 (May 1963), pp. 33-44.
“Medic! (Did Someone Cry Wolf?),” The New Republic, (November 9, 1962),
pp. 9-10.
“An Intersectoral Flows Analysis of the California Economy,” with Charles M. Tiebout, Review of Economics and Statistics, 45 (November 1963), pp. 409-418.

1965-69

“Labor Force and Occupational Projections,” in Gerald Somers (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting, 1965, (Madison, Wis.: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1966), pp. 10-20.
“Labor Economics: Effects of More Knowledge: Comment,” American Economics Review, 56 (May 1966), pp. 594-596.
“Classification of Occupations: Some Problems of Economic Interpretation,” with Glen G. Cain and Burton A. Weisbrod, in 1966 Proceedings, Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association,
pp. 199-208.
“An Economic Approach to Classification of Occupations,” with Glen G. Cain and Burton A. Weisbrod, Monthly Labor Review (February 1967), pp. 48-52.
“Economics of Scientific and Engineering Manpower,” Journal of Human Resources, 2 (Spring 1967),
pp. 191-215.
“Editor’s Introduction” to “Symposium on Rates of Return to Investment in Education,” Journal of Human Resources, 2 (Summer 1967), pp. 291-292.
“Economics of the Military Draft,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 81 (August 1967), pp. 395-421.
“Review Symposium” (review of Blau and Duncan, The American Occupational Structure), American Sociological Review, 33 (April 1968), pp. 297-300.
“An Income Net Worth Measure of Economic Position,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, American Economic Review, 58 (December 1968), pp. 1315-1329.
“Research on the Economics of Education,” in Encyclopedia of Educational Research (New York: Macmillan, 1969, 4th ed.), pp. 337-341.
“The Distribution of Direct Costs and Benefits of Public Higher Education: The Case of California,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Journal of Human Resources, 4 (Spring 1969), pp. 176-191.
“The Equality Fiction: Bottom Dogs Subsidize Top Dogs,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, The New Republic (September 13, 1969), pp. 23-24.

1970-74

“Footnotes and Foreign Language Requirements,” with Robert H. Graham, Modern Language Journal, 54 (February 1970), pp. 91-106.
“Foreign Languages as a Scholarly Tool,” with Robert H. Graham, Modern Language Journal, 54 (March 1970), pp. 159-168.
“An Appraisal of Physician Manpower Projections,” Inquiry, 7 (March 1970), pp. 102-113.
“Who Benefits from Higher Education Subsidies,” Monthly Labor Review (March 1970), pp. 43-46.
“Income Redistribution Effects of Higher Education,” American Economic Review, 60 (May 1970), pp. 364-369.
“Economic Efficiency and the Distribution of Benefits from College Instructio ­n,” with Allen C. Kelley and Burton A. Weisbrod, American Economic Review, 60 (May 1970), pp. 364-369.
“Schooling and Earnings of Low Achievers,” with Burton A. Weisbrod and William J. Scanlon, American Economic Review, 60 (June 1970), pp. 409-418.
“The Real Price of the Draft,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Reviste Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali, 18 (1971), pp. 368-382.
“Large Scale Statistical Information Systems: Comment,” in Proceedings, Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, 1971, pp. 54-56.
“The Distributional Effects of Public Higher Education in California: Reply,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Journal of Human Resources, 6 (Summer 1971), pp. 364-374.
“Prediction of Graduate Success in Economics,” Journal of Economic Education, 3 (Fall 1971), pp. 49-53.
“Who Pays for a Public Expenditure Program?”, with Burton A. Weisbrod, National Tax Journal, 26 (November 1971), pp. 515-517.
“Toward a General Theory of Awards or Do Economists Need a Hall of Fame,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Journal of Political Economy, 80 (March/April 1972), pp. 422-431; and “Errata,” Journal of Political Economy, 81 (May/June 1973), pp. 810-811.
“Equity in the Finance of Higher Education,” Journal of Political Economy, 80, Pt. II (May/June 1972), pp. S260-S273.
“Schooling and Earnings of Low Achievers: Reply,” with Burton A. Weisbrod and William J. Scanlon, American Economic Review, 62 (September 1972), pp. 760-762.
“Distributional Effects of Public Expenditure Programs,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Public Finance, 27 (1972) pp. 414-420.
“Political Economy of Course Evaluations,” with Allen C. Kelley, Journal of Economic Education, 5 (Fall 1973), pp. 10-21.
“Readings on Effective Teaching,” Journal of Economic Education, 5 (Fall 1973), pp. 63-67.
“Needed Research on External Benefits of Higher Education,” Comparative Education Review, 18 (February 1974), pp. 1-5.
“Basic Opportunity Grants for Higher Education: Good Intentions and Mixed Results,” with Robert J. Lampman, Challenge (November/December 1974), pp. 46-50.

1975-79

“The Principles Course: What Should Be In It and Where Should It Be Going?” American Economic Review, 65 (May 1975), pp. 434-437.
“On Macro-Planning of Education,” Comparative Education Review, 19 (June 1975), pp. 210-213.
“The Distributional Efficiency of Benefits for a Student Financing Program with Payment Obligations Contingent Upon Future Income,” with F. Howard Nelson, 1974 Proceedings, Eastern Economic Association, 1976, pp. 83-98.
“Earnings and Individual Variations in Postschool Human Investment,” with Charles B. Knapp, Journal of Political Economy, 84 (April 1976), pp. 351-358.
“Economics and Comparative Education,” Comparative Education Review, 20 (June/October 1977), pp. 230-246.
“The Distribution of Subsidies to Students in California Public Higher Educa ­tion: Reply,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, Journal of Human Resources, 13 (Winter 1978), pp. 137-139.
“Modeling the Earnings and Research Productivity of Academic Economists,” with Robert P. Strauss and Burton A. Weisbrod, Journal of Political Economy, 88 (August 1978), pp. 729-741.
“The Impact of Federal Retirement-Age Legislation on Higher Education,” coauthored, AAUP Bulletin, 64 (September 1978), pp. 181-192.
“An Era of Continuing Decline,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 65 (September 1979), pp. 319-330.

1980-84

“Forecasting the Market for New Ph.D. Economists,” with H.B. Newburger, F.J. Schroeder, D.C. Stapleton, and D.J. YoungDay, American Economic Review, 70 (March 1980), pp. 49-63.
“Teacher Training Programs in College Economics: Their Development, Current Status, and Future Prospects,” with Phillip Saunders and Arthur L. Welsh, Journal of Economic Education, 10 (Spring 1980), pp. 1-9; also a slightly abridged version appears in Proceedings and Papers, Sixth Intern ­ational Conference on Improving University Teaching, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 1980, pp. 790-798.
“Regressing Into the Eighties,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 66 (September 1980), pp. 260-274.
“The Rocky Road Through the 1980s,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 67 (August 1981), pp. 201-221.
“Student and Faculty Attitudes About the Quality of Student Writing Skills and What Might Be Done to Improve Them,” Wisconsin English Journal, 21 (October 1981), pp. 13-19.
“The Decline of Real Faculty Salaries in the 1970s,” in Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, 21 (Winter 1981), pp. 7-12.
“Surprises and Uncertainties,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 68 (July-August 1982), pp. 3-11.
“Improving Classroom Discussion in Economics,” Journal of Economic Education, 14 (Winter 1983), pp. 40-49.
“A Blip on the Screen: Report on the Economic Status of the Profession,” Academe, Bulletin of the AAUP, 69 (July-August 1983) p. 3-21.
“Teaching the Concept of Demand: Another Approach,” Journal of Economic Education, 15 (Spring 1984), pp. 148-156.
“Collective Bargaining’s Effect on Higher Education,” with Hirschel Kasper, Proceed ­ings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting, (Madison: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1984), pp. 345-351.
“Bottoming Out?” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 70 (July-August, 1984), pp. 3-10.
“The Representation of Minorities in Higher Education,” Contemporary Education, 3 (Fall 1984), pp. 345-353.

1985-89

“Linkages Between Age Composition Changes and Costs of Employee Benefit Plans in Higher Education,” with Karen C. Holden, Journal of Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 4 (January 1985), pp. 55-64.
“Starting the Upward Climb,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 71 (March-April 1985) pp. 3-8.
“Salary Differentials Across Disciplines,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 71 (July-August 1985), pp. 6-7.
“Continuing the Upward Climb,” Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 72 (March-April 1986) pp. 3-6.
“Effects of Redefining Independent Student Status: Empirical Analysis of the California Data,” with Roxanne W. Reeves, Journal of Student Financial Aid, 16 (Spring 1986), pp. 41-54.
“What Knowledge is Most Worth Knowing–for Economics Majors,” American Economic Review, 76 (May 1986), pp. 149-152.
“Microeconomics: The Scope of Economics–A Comment,” Journal of Economic Education, 18 (Spring 1987), pp. 150-154.
“Implications of Redefining Independent Student Status,” with Roxanne W. Reeves and Jacob O. Stampen, Economics of Education Review, 7, (1988), pp. 85-100.
“Student Debt Crisis: Are Students Incurring Excessive Debt, with Marilyn S. Rhodes, Economics of Education Review, 7, (1988), pp. 101-112.
“The Impact of Student Earnings in Offsetting ‘Unmet Need’,” with Roxanne W. Reeves and Jacob O. Stampen, Economics of Education Review, 7, (1988), pp. 113-126.
“A Research and Evaluation Agenda for DEEP and Precollege Economic Education: A Comment,” Journal of Economic Education, 19 (Winter 1988), pp. 14-16.
” `Real’ Books and Textbooks,” Journal of Economic Education, 19 (Summer 1988), pp. 271-274.
“An American Perspective on Australia’s Green Paper on Higher Education,” in Economic Analysis and Policy, New Series, 18 (1988), pp. 129-148.
“Merit Pay in Structured and Unstructured Salary Systems,” in Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 74 (November-December 1988), pp. 10-13.
“What Knowledge Is Most Worth Knowing?” in L&S Magazine, (Publication of the College of Letters and Science, UW-Madison), 7 (Fall 1989), pp. 22-26.
“Salary Flexibility and Merit Pay in Higher Education,” Labor Economics and Productivity, 1 (September 1989), pp. 73-90.

1990-94

“Comparing Salary and Employment Gains for Higher Education Administrators and Faculty Members,” with Thomas F. Guidugli, Journal of Higher Education, 61 (May/Apr 1990), pp. 142-159.
“Exploring the Effects of Ability-to-Pay on Persistence in College,” with Alberto F. Cabrera and Jacob O. Stampen, in Review of Higher Education, 13 (Spring 1990), pp. 303-336.
“The Financial Squeeze on Higher Education Institutions and Students,”with Jacob O. Stampen, in Journal of Educational Finance, 15 (Summer 1989), pp. 3-20 [not published until April 1990.]
“How We Educate and Train New Economics PhDs,” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 80 (May 1990), pp. 437-444.
“Social Welfare Spending and Its Effects on Growth: Another Look at the Lampman Analysis,” Focus, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990, pp. 19-21.
“What Knowledge Is Most Worth Knowing?” Liberal Education 76 (Sept/Oct 1990), pp. 22-25.
“The Economics Major in American Higher Education,” with John J. Siegfried, Robin L. Bartlett, Allen C. Kelley, Donald N. McCloskey, and Thomas H. Tietenberg, Journal of Economic Education, 22 (Summer 1991), pp.197-224.
“The Economics Major: Can and Should We Do Better than B-?” with John J. Siegfried, Robin L. Bartlett, Allen C. Kelley, Donald N. McCloskey, and Thomas H. Tietenberg, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 81 (May 1991), pp. 20-25.
“The Education and Training of Economics Doctorates: Major Findings of the Executive Secretary of the American Economic Association’s Commission on Gradute Education in Economics,” Journal of Economic Literature, 29 (September 1991), pp. 1054-1094.
“Quality, Access, and Finance in American Higher Education,” with Jacob O. Stampen, L&S Magazine, 8 (Winter 1992), pp. 19-26.
“Bringing TQI into the College Classroom,” Higher Education, 25 (April 1993), pp. 259-279.
“No Better Access without Better Quality,” with Jacob O. Stampen, Higher Education Extension Service Review, published by Higher Education Extension Service, Yale University, and Columbia University, 4 (Spring 1993), 15 pp.
“Teaching a `Writing Intensive’ Course in Economics: An Evaluation,” Journal of Economic Education, 24 (Summer 1993), pp. 213-218.

1995-1999

“Needed Skills for Human Resource Professionals: A Pilot Study,” with Robyn A. Berkley, David M. Kaplan, Quian-Sheng Yu, Carolyn J. Craig, Jill A. Fitzpatrick, Mark R. Seiler, Diane R. Denby, Paola Gheis, Deborah J. Ruelle, and Lisa A. Voss, Labor Law Journal, August 1996 (also Proceedings of Industrial Relations Research Assocition, Madison, WI) August 1996 Meeting), pp. 524-534.
“On the Economics of Science: A Comment,” Knowledge and Policy, 9 (Summer 1996).
“Total Quality Improvement in the Classroom,” with Michael Jackson, Quality in Higher Education, 2 (1996), 211-217.
“Principles-Based Standards: On the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics,” Journal of Economic Education 30 (Spring 1988). pp. 150-156.
“Graduate Training and the Early Career Productivity of Ph.D. Economists,” with Thomas Buchmueller and Jeffrey Dominitz, Economics of Education Review 18 (February 1999). pp. 65-77.
“The Link from Graduate Education in Economics to the Labor Market,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 13 (Summer 1999). pp. 147-152.
“Retargeting Higher Education Access and Persistence Efforts: Illustrating a ‘System’ Focused Process for Improving Public Policy,” with Jacob O. Stampen, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 21(Winter 1999). pp. 417-426.
“Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education: What Came True and What We Can Still Learn,” with Karen C. Holden, The LaFollette Policy Report 10 (Fall 1999), pp. 9-12 & 23..

2000-

“Expected Proficiencies for Undergraduate Economics Majors,” Journal of Economic Education 32 (Summer 2001), pp. 231-242.
“Use It or Lose It: Teaching Literacy in the Economics Principles Course,” with Michael K. Salemi and John J. Siegfried, American Economic Review 92 (May 2002), pp. 463-472.
“A Proficiencies Approach to the Academic Preparation of Human Resource Professionals,” Human Resource Management Review 12 (2002). Pp. 513-538.
“Ph.D Program Learning and Job Demands: How Close is the Match?” with Wendy Stock, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 94 (23) (May 2004), pp. 266-271.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER

1960-64

“Area Wage Differentials and Migration: Comment,” in Mark Perlman (ed.), Human Resources in the Urban Economy (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1963), pp.252-255.
“Shortages and Investment in Health Manpower,” in Selma J. Mushkin (ed.), The Economics of Health and Medical Care (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1964), pp. 75-91.

1965-69

“Human Capital Requirements for Educational Expansion: Teacher Shortages and Teacher Supply,” in C. Arnold Andersen and Mary Jean Bowman (eds.), Education and Economic Development (Chicago: Aldine, 1965), pp. 75-91.
“State Programming and Economic Development: Comment,” in Selma J. Mushkin (ed.), in State Programming and Economic Development (Chicago: Council of State Governments, 1965), pp. 34-38.
“The Role of Technological Forecasting in the Development and Use of Manpower: Comment, in Occupational Data Requirements for Education Planning (Madison, Wis.: Center for Studies in Vocational & Technical Education, 1966), pp. 53-55.
“Investment in Higher Education and Its Return,” in The Economics of Higher Education, (New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1967), pp. 29-34.
“The Search for Equity in the Provision and Finance of Higher Education,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, in Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, The Economics and Financing of Higher Education in the United States A Compendium of Papers (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969), pp. 107-123.

1970-74

“The Structure of Nursing Education and Its Impact on Supply: Comment on paper by Stuart Altman,”
Herbert E. Klarman (ed.), Empirical Studies in Health Economic (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970), pp. 353-356.
“An Examination of Financial Barriers to College Attendance,” in U.S. Office of Education, Trends in Post-Secondary Education, (Washing ­ton: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970), pp. 31-56.
“A New Approach to Higher Education Finance,” with Burton A. Weisbrod, in Mel Orwig (ed.), Financing Higher Education, (Iowa City: American College Testing Program, Inc., 1971), pp. 117-142.
“Patterns of Rates of Return to Invest ­ment in Educa ­tion: Some Interna ­tional Com ­pari ­sons,” in Education and Distribu ­tion of Income, Vol. VII (Paris: Organiza ­tion for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1971), pp. 163-200.
“The Search for Equity in the Provision and Finance of Higher Education,” in Education and Distribution of Income, Vol. VII (Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1971), pp. 201-221.
“Economic Benefits of Universal Higher Education,” with David R. Witmer in Logan Wilson and Olive Mills (eds.), Universal Higher Education: Costs, Benefits, and Options, (Washington: American Council on Education, 1972), pp. 19-39.
“On External Benefits and Who Should Foot the Bill,” in L.C. Solomon and P.J. Taubman (eds.), Does College Matter? Some Evidence on the Impacts of Higher Educa ­tion, (New York: Academic Press, 1973), pp. 329-332.
“The Financial Implications of Student Independence,” James Nelson (ed.), The Independent Student: Who Pays? Who Benefits? (New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1974), pp. 10-26.

1975-79

“New Directions in State Loan Programs for Postsecondary Students,” with Suzanne C. Feeney, in Lois D. Rice (ed.), Student Loans: Problems, Purposes, Projection (New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1977), pp. 48-67.
“The State of Economic Literacy,” in Donald R. Wentworth, Sharryl Hawks, and W. Lee Hansen (eds.), Perspective on Economic Education: Conference Proceedings, pp. 61-79. This paper appeared in somewhat altered form but under the same title in Warren G. Meyer (ed.), Vocational Education and the Nation’s Economy (Washington: American Vocational Association, 1977), pp. 233-255.
“Discussion of Graduate Student Papers on Income Distribution,” in Tom Juster (ed.), The Distribution of Economic Well-Being, (Studies in Income and Wealth), (New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1977), pp. 413-417.
“Impact of the 1973 Wisconsin School Finance Reform,” with F. Howard Nelson in Esther O. Tron (ed.), Selected Papers in School Finance 1978, (Washington: Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1978), pp. 111-211.
“Comment on Gross Flows Data,” Gross Change Data: The Neglected Data Base, Back ­ground Paper #11 for the National Commission on Employment and Unemplo ­yment Statis ­tics, (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978), pp. 57-61; also in Commission Report Data Collection, Processing and Presentation: National and Local, Appendix, Vol. 2, (Washington: U.S. Govern ­ment Printing Office, 1980), pp. 151-153.
“The Roller-Coaster Income Tax–Wisconsin Style,” in Robert H. Haveman and B. Bruce Zellner (eds.), Policy Studies Review Annual, 3 (Beverly Hills: Sage Publica ­tions, 1979), pp. 611-618.

1980-84

“The Supply of Mental Health Manpower,” in Thomas G. McGuire and Burton A. Weisbrod (eds.), Economics and Mental Health: Report on the NIMH Conference on Economics and Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Series EN No. 1, DHSS Publica ­tion No. (ADM) 81-1114, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981), pp. 85-98.
“Mandatory Retirement Age Legislation for Tenured Faculty: The Policy Issues and Their Context,” in Faculty Retirement, (Cambridge, MA: Consortium on Financing Higher Education, 1981), pp. 19-31.
“Effect of the Tenured Faculty Exemption in the 1978 ADEA Amendments,” with Karen Holden, in Abolishing Mandatory Retirement, Implications for America and Social Security of Eliminating Age Discrimination in Employment, Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, 97th Congress, 1st Session, August 1981, pp. 227-237.
“Are Americans Economically Literate? An Appraisal,” in William H. Peterson (ed.), Burkett Miller Memorial Lectures, Economic Education: Investing in the Future (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1982), pp. 22-37.
“The Future of Education — An Economic Perspective,” in Virgil Herrick Lecture Series, Educational Futures Unlimited, (Madison: University of Wisconsin School of Educa ­tion, 1982), pp. 34-49.
“Good Intentions and Mixed Results: An Update on the BEOG Program 8 Years Later,” with Robert J. Lampman, in Robert Haveman and Julius Margolis (eds.), Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis, 3rd ed., (New York: Rand McNally, 1983), pp. 493-512. This piece is accompanied by our earlier paper on the same subject from Challenge, 1974.
“Impact of Student Financial Aid on Access,” in Joseph Froomkin (ed.), The Crisis in Higher Education, The Academy of Political Science, 1983, 35:2, pp. 84-96.
“Economic Growth and Equal Educational Opportunity: Conflicting or Complement ­ary Goals in Higher Education,” in Edward Dean (ed.), Education and Economic Growth (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 1984), pp. 57-94.
“Is There a Shortage of Engineers? A Review of Four Studies,” in Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, Labor Market Conditions for Engineers: Is There a Shortage? Proceedings of a Symposium (Washington, DC: National Academic Press, 1984), pp. 75-98.
“Meeting the Nation’s Technical and Manpower Needs: Policies and Recommendati ­ons,” in E. A. Tralent (ed.), The Roles of Business, Government, and Universities in Meeting Future Manpower Needs (Newark, NJ: University of Delaware, 1984).

1985-89

“Faculty Demography: Supply and Demand,” in Darrell Lewis and Shirley Clark (eds.), Faculty Development and Vitality (New York: Columbia University Press, 1985), pp. 27-54.
“Faculty Retirement and the Effect on Demand,” in Forecasting Demand for University Scientists and Engineers: Proceedings of a Workshop, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council (Washington: National Academy Press, 1985), pp. 6-15.
“Comments on Papers on Research Needs,” in Scientific and Technical Personnel in the 1990s: An Examination of Issues and Information Needs, for the National Science Foundation (Washington, DC: Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statis ­tics, 1985), 6 pp (unnumbered).
“Changes in Faculty Salaries,” in Howard R. Bowen and Jack Schuster, American Profes ­sors: A National Resource Imperiled (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1986) pp. 80-112.
“Admissions Policies, Expected Competencies, and Grading Practices,” in Jerry Laurent (ed.) The Larger Responsibilities of Distinguished Teach ­ing, UW Systems-AMOCO Conference on Teaching, University of Wisconsin System–AMOCO Conference on Teaching (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin System, 1986), pp. 21-24.
“Independent Students at Two-year Institutions and the Future of Student Financial Aid,” in Stephen Zwerling (ed.) Community Colleges and Its Critics (San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 1986), pp. 81-90.
“What Can Demand and Manpower Requirements Models Tell Us About the Impact of Defense Spending on the Labor Market for Scientists and Engineers?” in The Impact of Defense Spending on Nondefense Engineering Labor Markets, Office of Science and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1986), pp. 53-65.
“Forward” in William E. Becker, Jr. and William B. Walstad (eds.), Econometric Modeling in Economic Education Research (Boston, MA: Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing, 1987), pp. ix-x.
“Part-time Work, Full-time Work, and Occupational Segregation,” with Karen C. Holden, in Clair Brown and Joseph A. Pechman (eds.), Gender and the Workplace (Washing ­ton, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1987), pp. 217-238.
“Higher Education Finance: The Tension Between Quality and Equity,” with Jacob O. Stampen, in Philip G. Altbach and Robert O. Berdahl, (eds.), Higher Education in American Society (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1987), pp. 107-128.
“Quality of Performance Among Engineers: The Perspective from Economics,” in The Effects on Quality of Adjustments in the Engineering Labor Market (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988), 19 pp.
“Merit Pay in Higher Education,” in David W. Breneman and Ted I.K. Yown (eds.) Academic Labor Markets and Academic-Careers in American Higher Education, Stanford Series on Education and Public Policy Series (Philadelphia, PA: Falmer Press–Taylor and Francis, Inc, 1988), pp. 114-137.
“The High and Rising Cost of College: Is There A Problem?” in John B. Lee (ed.), College Costs and Tuition: What Are The Issues?, Proceedings from a National Conference (College Park, Maryland: National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance, 1988), pp. 1-16.
“Manageability of Federal Student Loans: New Evidence and the Effects of Reauthorization,” with Marilyn S. Rhodes, in The Proceedings: Fourth Annual NASSGP/NCHELP Research Conference on Student Financial Aid Research (New York: New York State Higher Education Service Corporation), 1988, Vol. I, pp. vi 10-17.
“The Growing Tension Between Quality and Equity in Financing Higher Education,” with Jacob O. Stampen, in The Proceedings, Fourth Annual NASSGP/NCHELP Research Conference on Student Financial Aid Research (New York: New York State Higher Education Service Corporation, 1988), Vol. 2, pp. xiv 1-30.
“Retirement Behavior and Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education,” with Karen C. Holden, in The End of Mandatory Retirement: Effects on Higher Education (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass), 1989, pp. 33-49.
“Eliminating Mandatory Retirement: Effects on Retirement Age,” with Karen C. Holden, in The End of Mandatory Retirement: Effects on Higher Education (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1989), pp. 73-83.
“Improving Classroom Discussion in Economics Courses,” with Michael Salemi, in Phillip Saunders and William Walstad (eds.), The Principles of Economics Course: Handbook for Instructors of Economics (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989), pp. 96-110.
“Balancing Quality and Access in the Financing of American Higher Education,” in Ole A. Bronmo (ed.), Evaluation of Teaching and Research in Planning and Management of Institutions of Higher Education, Proceedings, 10th Annual Forum, European Association for Institutional Research, Bergen, Norway, 1989, pp.77-101.
“Economics,” in Charting A Course: Social Studies in the 21st Century, A Report of the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools (Washington, DC: National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools, 1989), pp. 37-41.

1990-94

“Unemployment Compensation and Retraining: Can a Closer Link Be Forged?” with James F. Byers, in Unemployment Insurance: The First Fifty Years (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990), pp. 267-301.
“The Economics Major in Liberal Arts Education,” with John J. Siegfried, Robin L. Bartlett, Allen C. Kelley, Donald N. McCloskey, and Thomas H. Tietenberg in Carol G. Schneider (ed.), Liberal Learning and the Arts and Sciences Major, Vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges, 1991), pp. 25-42.
“Quality, Access, and Financial Pressures on Higher Education Institutions and Students,” with Jacob O. Stampen, in Robert Berdahl, Irving Spitzberg, and Grahame Moodie (eds.), Quality and Access in Higher Education: Comparing Britain and the United States (Buckingham, UK: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press, 1991), pp. 42-57.
“Policy Research: A Withering Branch of Economics?” in David L. Weimer (ed.), Policy Analysis and Economics: Developments, Tensions, Prospects (New York: Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing Co., 1991), pp. 187-204.
“Market Failure and Government Failure in Employment Training,” in David Stern and Josef M.M. Ritzen (eds.), Market Failure in Training? New Economic Analysis and Evidence on Training of Adult Employees (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1992), pp. 215-230.
“The UW System Budget,” with Kathleen R. Sell, in James K. Conant, Robert H. Haveman, and Jack R. Huddleston (eds.), Dollars and Sense: Volume II, Policy Choices and the Wisconsin Budget (Madison, WI: LaFollette Institute and University of Wisconsin Press, 1992), pp. 83-118.
“Using the Wall Street Journal to Highlight the Usefulness of Key Economic Concepts,” in How Professors Use the Wall Street Journal in the Finance & Economics Classroom (Princeton, NJ: Dow Jones & Company, 1993), p. 12.
“Merit Pay in Academe,” in International Encyclopedia of Education, (Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press, 1993), 12 pp.
“Bringing TQI into the College Classroom,” Higher Education, Spring 1993, reprinted in slightly revised form in Steve Bingham (ed.), CQI 101: A First Reader for Higher Education. (Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, February 1994), pp. 259-279. Also in G. H. Doherty (ed.), Developing Quality Systems in Education (London: Kegan Paul, 1993), pp. 149-173.
“The Financial Squeeze on Higher Education Institutions and Students,” in Emily P. Hoffman (ed.), Essays on the Economics of Education (Kalmazoo, MI: W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1993), pp. 139-162.

1995-1999

“A Total Quality Improvement Approach to Student Learning,” in Wim Gijselaers, et.al. (ed.), Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Administration: The Case of Problem-based Learning (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995), pp. 20-29.
“Improving Classroom Discussion in Economics Courses,” with Michael K. Salemi, in William B.
Walstad and Phillip Saunders (eds.) Teaching Undergraduate Economics: A Handbook for Instructors, (New York: Irwin McGraw Hill, 1998), pp. 207-226.
“Incentives and Constraints: An American Public University Adapts to Change,” in Paul W. Miller and Jonathan J. Pincus (eds.), Funding Higher Education: Performance and Productivity (Canberra, AU: Australian Department of Employment, Education, and Training and Youth Affairs, 1998), pp. 69-91.
“Integrating the Practice of Writing into Economics Instruction,” in William E. Becker and Michael Watts (eds.), Teaching Undergraduate Economics: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk (London: Edward Elgar, 1999), pp. 79-118.
“Adapting a Quality Function Deployment Model to Optimize Professional Education in Human Resources/Industrial Relations Programs,” with Michelle Murphy, Nicole Mehlek, and Dianne True, in John Troy, Malcolm Pettigrew, Piet Keizer, and Jeannette Hommes (eds.), Learning in a
Changing Environment (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999), pp. 191-227.

2000-

“Reflections on an Earlier Study of Mandatory Retirement: What Came True and What We Can Still Learn,” with Karen C. Holden, in Robert Clark and Brett Hammond (eds.) To Retire or Not? Examining Retirement Policy and Behavior in Higher Education (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), pp. 148-65.
“Developing New Proficiencies for Human Resource and Industrial Relations Professionals,” in Bruce Kauffman and David Lewin (eds.) New Research on Labor Relations and the Performance of University HR/IR Programs, in Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (New York: Elsevier, 2001). Volume 10, pp. 209-233.
“Making the Nation‘s Investment in Student Access and Success: Part I Refocusing the HEA Reauthorization to Reflect the Priorities of Higher Education Policy Analysts and Researchers,” with Jacob O. Stampen. (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, 2005). Pp. 48.:
“Making the Nation‘s Investment in Student Access and Success: Part II Reorienting the HEA Reauthorization to Reflect What Research-Based Knowledge Says About What Works,” with Jacob O. Stampen. (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, 2005). Pp. 20.

MISCELLANEOUS

“United States Reply to the UN Secretary General’s Inquiry Concerning Economic Develop ­ment and Population Changes,” co-authored with Burton A. Weisbrod, with the assis ­tance of Norman Lawrence; an official U.S. Document submitted to the United Nations, 1964, 32 pp. (mimeo).
Occupations of Engineers: Economic Aspects, with Glen G. Cain, Department of Economics and Social Systems Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 1967.
“A Training Program for TAs Using Videotapes, A Seminar, and a Tape Library,” Develop ­ment and Experiment in College Teaching, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Evanston, Report No. 10, spring 1974, p. 12.
Perspectives on Economic Education: Conference Summary, coauthor with Donald R. Wentworth (New York: Joint Council on Economic Education, 1976), 35 pp.
“Audio and Videotapes in Elementary Economics Courses,” Development and Experiment In College Teaching, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Evanston, Report No. 13, Spring 1977, p. 13.
Unemployment Insurance: A Research Agenda, with James F. Byers, Industrial Relations Research Institute and Robert M. LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs, UW-Madison, 1986, 17 pp.
“The Impact of Demographic Trends on the Scientific and Engineering Work Force,” Testimony for Science Policy Task Force, Committee on Science and Technolo ­gy, U.S. House of Representatives, February 27, 1986, Hearings, 1986.
“Sifting, Winnowing, and Academic Freedom,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Lecture Series, November 1997.
“Remarks on Academic Freedom,” UW-Parkside‘s Sifting and Winnowing Plaque Rededication, November 1998.

Plus extensive newspaper Op-Ed essays, letters to the editor, and speaking engagements, dealing with University of Wisconsin‘s diversity policy, 1996-2006.